π My name is Scott (Seongwon) Lee

I am currently a Ph.D. Resident at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google X), where I am contributing to a stealth project on automating wet labs using robotics and multi-agent LLMs.

I am a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advised by Professor Nancy M. Amato.
My research focuses on developing fast and scalable multi-robot task and motion planning algorithms, drawing on extensive experience in integrating hardware and software for impactful real-world deployments.

I received my bachelorβs degree in Mechanical Engineering under the guidance of Professor Jongeun Choi from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, in 2021.
Research

Seongwon Lee, James Motes, Isaac Ngui, Marco Morales, Nancy M. Amato
Under Review / Paper / Poster / Simulation / Hardware Exp.

Seongwon Lee, James Motes, Isaac Ngui, Marco Morales, Nancy M. Amato
IROS 2023 Workshop / Paper / Poster

Seongwon Lee, Joohwan Seo, Connor J. Boss, Joonho Lee, Jongeun Choi
Elsevier Mechatronics / Paper / YouTube

Joohwan Seo, Seongwon Lee, Joonho Lee, Jongeun Choi
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology / Paper / YouTube

Myunhoe Kim, Seongwon Lee, Jaehyun Lim, Jongeun Choi, Seong Gu Kang
IEEE Access / Paper
Projects

Developing an robotics automation system for a biology lab, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)

Demonstrated a simple factory automation demo to pre-college students at the Engineering Open House (EOH) at UIUC

Designed a vision-based system for handoff operations between a workstation and a mobile manipulator

Implemented cooperative planning algorithms for fully autonomous combat robots (Achieved 3rd place)
Professional Service
- Reviewer
- RAL, ICRA, IROS, WAFR (2022 - 2024)
- Teaching & Mentoring
- Research Program Mentor (CS), UIUC β Fall 2023, Summer 2024, Spring 2024
- Fluid Mechanics (ME 310), UIUC β Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
- Mathematical Methods (TAM 541), UIUC β Fall 2021
